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Eric Joseph Clayton Richardson

Service number EC/3689
Military unit 1st Bn 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles
Address Unknown
Date of birth 25 Mar 1919
Date of death 02 May 1945 (26 years old)
Place of birth Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies

He was educated at Notingham High School and then employed by Messrs A Richardson & Sons of Castle Boulevard, Nottingham.

Family history

Son of Joseph and Florence Richardson and brother of Harold Richardson. He was the husband of Hilda Annie Richardson, of Arnold, Nottinghamshire

Military history

Eric Richardson enlisted into the Sherwood Foresters in 1939 and later commissioned in the Gurkha Rifles in India.

He died of wounds.

Extra information

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